On the 8th April the Ketch Resolute of Newcastle-on-Tyne with four men on board stranded while attempt- ing to enter North Sunderland Harbour during a violent N.W. gale. When the vessel struck, a local coble proceeded to her assistance with a view of render- ing salvage services. The coble's crew of four men boarded the vessel, but as the tide made and the wind increased, both the crew and the would-be salvors were in great danger. The Life-boat Foster Fawsett was launched at 3 P.M., and the men, eight in number, were saved. The vessel, which was bound from Middlesbrough to Stirling with a cargo of salt, became a total wreck..